The Background of the Study

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CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 The Background of the Study

As social being, people live and make an interaction. Communication is one of the important ways to do the interaction. To make a communication, a language is very important to use. There are many styles in using language, which are influenced by many factors, such as: education, social background, occupation, age, environment, and gender. People who have finished their education in elementary school may have different language from people with higher education level. They use more simple language than people from university who use more difficult language. People with different occupation also have their own language. Children and adult also talk differently. Children tend to talk naturally based on the fact, but adult should think first before they talk. In society, there are many people doing communication in their style and male or female with their groups talking to each other. There are so many speeches of communication they use. There are some people who talk loudly, softly, with facial expression and gesture. Every group has its own subject matter based on their gender. Gender has great influence on language used in communication. When male and female communicate, there are some characteristics that make them different from each other. They use their own language in social interaction. Furthermore, this thesis entitled “The Differences between Male and Female’s Speech in Social Interaction Performed by 2009 English Department, Students Faculty of Letters, Jember University” focus on the differences between male and female in showing politeness and choosing topics among the 2009 English Department students, Faculty of Letters, Jember University. “The main difference between girls and boys was that boy talked significantly more about sport and location, while girls talked significantly more http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id http:digilib.unej.ac.id about school, identity, wishes and needs” Coates, 1986:131. This means that, male and female’s topics are different. In their groups, females will say everything about fashion, cosmetics, shopping, needs and gossip, but commonly males usually like doing something better than talking. If they have a conversation with their friends, they will talk about job, sort idea and also about female. Besides, male and female also different in how they show the politeness. They have their own strategies in showing politeness. It can be shown by verbal or non verbal clues. Boys and girls are treated differently by the members of their own environment, and learn the differences between boys and girls, male and female. Culture and gender socialization teach how male and female should behave. Those phenomena are interesting to discuss when comparisons are made between male and female and it is interesting to analyze the factors that make their behavior in social interaction different. This analysis will be supported by some theories from the books and research and the data of the research is taken from 2009 English Department Students, Faculty of Letters, Jember University through interview and questionnaire.

1.2 The Problems to Discuss